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Amendment of Class D, Class E2, Class E4 and Class E5 Airspace Over Patuxent River, MD
The Federal Aviation Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 19, 2025. Comments closed on February 2, 2026.
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What the agency says
This action proposes to amend Class D, Class E2, Class E4, and Class E5 airspace at Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS) (Trapnell Field), Patuxent River, MD. The currently designated Class D, Class E2, and Class E4 airspace do not properly contain instrument flight rule (IFR) operations, which require controlled airspace. The geographic coordinates for Patuxent River NAS (Trapnell Field) would be updated in the airspace legal descriptions. The reference to the decommissioned Patuxent VORTAC would also be updated in the Class E2, Class E4, and Class E5 airspace legal descriptions. Last, the geographic coordinates for the Patuxent River NDB would also be updated in the Class E2 and Class E4 airspace legal descriptions.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-23459
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Published
- December 19, 2025
- Comments due
- February 2, 2026
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before February 2, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. FAA-2025-5340; Airspace Docket No. 25-AEA-8
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2120-AA66
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 14 CFR 71
- Topics
- Airspace; Incorporation by reference; Navigation (air)
- Pages
- 4
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